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well, like the thing said, first type in
iwconfig
but when i did that, it says command not recognized... i've had problems like this before and i have to install a package or something to make it work, but which package am i suppose to install?

also on tut, it says to
Insert into /etc/hotplug/blacklist :-
well i typed in
/etc/hotplug/blacklist :-
in terminal, but then it says bash: permission denied...
how do i fix this?

from the install instructionsif you type 'iwconfig' in a root terminal

You need to open a terminal and type su then hit enter, then enter the root password and hit enter. Then type iwconfig

Quote:

install instructions again(iwconfig is in the 'wireless-tools' RPM package. You may need to install it)

Go to www.rpmfind.net to download this package for your distro. Install it (as root again) by typing rpm -ivh the package name.rpm.

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install instructionsAll you have to do is edit the file /etc/hotplug/blacklist and insert the names of the atmelwlandriver. The hotplug system will then ignore those drivers and will install only the at76c503a driver.

Insert into /etc/hotplug/blacklist :-
usbvnet_rfmd
usbvnet_r505_2958

Go to /etc/hotplug, there is a file called "blacklist". Open your root terminal and type in kedit or whatever your text editor is. Open the blacklist file with the text editor. Edit it and save it.

DO NOT use what I have written instead of the full instructions, my words are just to pad out the instructions and help you over the stumbling blocks.

The drakconnect GUI will still not recognise the existance of the USB wireless, so it is necessary to set up the Mandrake network configuration files by hand. To configure the wireless card create a file /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-wlan0

Iwouldn't worry about the mutex detroy error so long as the changes have been made in the file.

As for the other thing, you can create a file with the command
touch <filename>
and a directory with
mkdir <directory name>

So, it you don't have a directory /etc/network-scripts, create it with
mkdir /etc/network-scripts
then you can create the ifcfg-wlan0 by first changing into the directory /etc/network-scripts, and then
touch ifcfg-wlan0

you'll have to be root to do all this. Also, you might have to change permissions on ifcfg-wlan0 to give read-write-execute access to root and/or normal users.

the author uses the same adaptor as me so iam assuming that most stay the same, except for ipadddr, netmask, network, broadcast and wireless essid
my question is, how do i find out my IPADDR, NETMASK, NETWORK, BROADCAST and WIRELESS_ESSID?